Question

I’m trying to get the html content of a page using silverlight. Webresponse and request classes don’t work in silverlight.

I did some googling and I found something. This is what i tried:

public partial class MainPage : UserControl
 {
  string result;
  WebClient client;

  public MainPage()
  {
   InitializeComponent();
   this.result = string.Empty;
   this.client = new WebClient();
   this.client.DownloadStringCompleted += ClientDownloadStringCompleted;
  }

  private void btn1_Click(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
  {
   string url = "http://www.nu.nl/feeds/rss/algemeen.rss";

   this.client.DownloadStringAsync(new Uri(url, UriKind.Absolute));

   if (this.result != string.Empty && this.result != null)
   {
    this.txbSummery.Text = this.result;
   }
  }

  private void ClientDownloadStringCompleted(object sender, DownloadStringCompletedEventArgs e)
  {
   this.result = e.Result;
   //handle the response.
  }
 }

It gives me a runtime error after pressing the button:

Microsoft JScript runtime error: Unhandled Error in Silverlight Application An exception occurred during the operation, making the result invalid. Check InnerException for exception details. at System.ComponentModel.AsyncCompletedEventArgs.RaiseExceptionIfNecessary()
at System.Net.DownloadStringCompletedEventArgs.get_Result()
at JWTG.MainPage.ClientDownloadStringCompleted(Object sender, DownloadStringCompletedEventArgs e)
at System.Net.WebClient.OnDownloadStringCompleted(DownloadStringCompletedEventArgs e)
at System.Net.WebClient.DownloadStringOperationCompleted(Object arg)

I’ve tried numerous things but all failed.

What am i missing? Or does anyone know how i could achieve this in a different way?

Thanks in advance!

Answer 1

This is related to clientaccesspolicy.xml. Read more here:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc645032(VS.95).aspx

"If the connection request was from a WebClient or an HTTP class to a cross-domain site, the Silverlight runtime tries to download the security policy file using the HTTP protocol. The Silverlight runtime first tries to download a Silverlight policy file with a name of "clientaccesspolicy.xml" at the root of the requested target domain using the HTTP protocol.

If the "clientaccesspolicy.xml" is either not found (the web request returns a 404 status code), returned with an unexpected mime-type, is not valid XML, or has an invalid root node, then the Silverlight runtime will issue a request for a for the Flash policy file with a name of "crossdomain.xml" at the root of the requested target domain, using the HTTP protocol.

HTTP redirects for the policy file are not allowed. A redirect for a policy file will result in a SecurityException of access denied."